State roster

Top names in South Carolina

The names most likely to appear on 1923 South Carolina birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,340 South Carolina births in 1923 across 866 distinct names.

Distinctively South Carolina

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say South Carolina more than they say America.

#49Isaac#197 nationally
#54Janieoutside the national top 200
#52Nathaniel#193 nationally
#44Maggie#176 nationally
#68Rufus#199 nationally
#57Sadie#185 nationally
#72Lucile#198 nationally
#76Johnieoutside the national top 200
#77Mosesoutside the national top 200
#78Mackoutside the national top 200
#52Rebecca#174 nationally
#79Woodrowoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,647US #1
#2Annie665US #34
#3Dorothy543US #2
#4Margaret505US #4
#5Ruth429US #6
#6Louise427US #22
#7Elizabeth414US #9
#8Helen401US #3
#9Frances364US #10
#10Sarah328US #54
#11Mildred323US #8
#12Ruby308US #25
#13Virginia276US #7
#14Martha275US #21
#15Rosa259US #130
#16Lillie258US #91
#17Evelyn240US #12
#18Thelma240US #31
#19Willie239US #67
#20Alice221US #15
#21Ethel219US #38
#22Gladys215US #29
#23Doris210US #11
#24Carrie208US #134
#25Mattie206US #106
#26Sara197US #123
#27Lillian188US #20
#28Lucille187US #35
#29Catherine176US #24
#30Emma174US #53
#31Marie174US #14
#32Jessie170US #94
#33Julia170US #62
#34Hattie167US #147
#35Edna165US #32
#36Bessie162US #81
#37Anna160US #13
#38Edith157US #36
#39Ella151US #93
#40Minnie151US #99
#41Mamie150US #154
#42Lois146US #27
#43Betty143US #5
#44Maggie141US #176
#45Beatrice140US #46
#46Bertha138US #64
#47Hazel136US #40
#48Clara135US #49
#49Ida134US #68
#50Geneva127US #111
#51Grace127US #39
#52Rebecca125US #174
#53Pauline121US #37
#54Janie119
#55Bernice118US #43
#56Daisy117US #163
#57Sadie114US #185
#58Lula112US #151
#59Nellie108US #88
#60Eva107US #66
#61Myrtle107US #84
#62Fannie106US #142
#63Nancy105US #75
#64Pearl103US #78
#65Alma101US #89
#66Mae101US #109
#67Viola99US #79
#68Juanita98US #51
#69Inez94US #141
#70Laura94US #73
#71Katherine93US #60
#72Lucile92US #198
#73Florence89US #18
#74Josephine89US #30
#75Gertrude86US #59
#76Margie83US #101
#77Irene79US #17
#78Vivian79US #69
#79Kathleen77US #70
#80Rose76US #23
#81Alberta75US #135
#82Eloise75US #181
#83Essie75
#84Lizzie75
#85Eula72US #171
#86Eunice71US #125
#87Agnes69US #63
#88Vera69US #82
#89Esther68US #47
#90Marjorie68US #16
#91Jannie67
#92Sallie67
#93Susie67US #170
#94Cora66US #149
#95Emily66US #128
#96Jean65US #19
#97Katie61
#98Mable61US #162
#99Beulah60US #129
#100Christine60US #120

Boys

#1James1,910US #4
#2John1,109US #1
#3William1,057US #3
#4Robert646US #2
#5Willie634US #30
#6George514US #6
#7Charles456US #5
#8Thomas434US #12
#9Henry393US #18
#10Joseph336US #7
#11Edward301US #8
#12David269US #24
#13Walter242US #16
#14Frank214US #11
#15Leroy204US #55
#16Samuel187US #45
#17Joe180US #35
#18Harold177US #13
#19Clarence170US #29
#20Fred168US #33
#21Paul168US #14
#22Charlie165US #79
#23Ralph160US #23
#24Richard159US #9
#25Jack155US #17
#26Albert153US #20
#27Ernest145US #38
#28Harry142US #22
#29Arthur138US #19
#30Eugene132US #25
#31Marion124US #106
#32Roy121US #32
#33Herbert120US #40
#34Johnnie110US #107
#35Sam108US #89
#36Benjamin107US #86
#37Daniel104US #47
#38Lewis94US #74
#39Jesse93US #83
#40Eddie92US #110
#41Carl91US #28
#42Louis89US #27
#43Clyde84US #68
#44Jessie83US #119
#45Lee80US #85
#46Raymond79US #15
#47Andrew78US #53
#48Howard78US #26
#49Isaac78US #197
#50Luther78US #126
#51Calvin77US #82
#52Nathaniel75US #193
#53Earl74US #31
#54Herman69US #66
#55Melvin69US #48
#56Cecil67US #87
#57Leon66US #77
#58Marvin66US #51
#59Allen65US #97
#60Ben61US #148
#61Lawrence61US #36
#62Oscar60US #96
#63Julius59US #137
#64Wallace59US #69
#65Claude58US #103
#66Alfred56US #42
#67Horace56US #134
#68Rufus56US #199
#69Otis55US #165
#70Earnest54US #146
#71Francis54US #34
#72Curtis53US #116
#73Jacob52US #160
#74Warren52US #43
#75Wilbur52US #105
#76Johnie51
#77Moses50
#78Mack49
#79Woodrow48
#80Hubert45US #117
#81Archie44US #162
#82Bennie44US #182
#83Cleveland43
#84Edwin43US #56
#85Elijah43
#86Leonard43US #37
#87Ray43US #61
#88Freddie42
#89Leo42US #49
#90Donald41US #10
#91Johnny41US #159
#92Lloyd41US #59
#93Billy39US #78
#94Floyd39US #64
#95Lonnie39
#96Wilson39
#97Alvin38US #73
#98Jake38
#99Odell38
#100Junior37US #139

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑31Betty#43
↑30Sadie#57
↑27Herman#54
↑25Calvin#51
↑25Jacob#73
↑25Wilbur#75
↑22Mae#66
↑19Lee#45

Falling

↓25Alvin#97
↓24Essie#83
↓24Woodrow#79
↓23Christine#100
↓22Ray#87
↓17Floyd#94
↓17Wilson#96
↓14Edna#35

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.